表情

Chinese

		surface; exterior; to watch surface; exterior; to watch; to show; express; an example; a list or table; a meter; a watch; chart; external	feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation
trad. (表情)		表	情
simp. #(表情)		表	情

Etymology

Attestable since at least the Eastern Han Dynasty in the sense "to express one's feelings". Modern sense "expression on one's face" possibly wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 表情(ひょうじょう) (hyōjō).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biǎoqíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): biu² cing⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): péu-chhìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piáu-chêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biǎoqíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biǎocíng
    • Wade–Giles: piao³-chʻing²
    • Yale: byǎu-chíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beauchyng
    • Palladius: бяоцин (bjaocin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: biu² cing⁴
    • Yale: bíu chìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: biu² tsing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: biu² qing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: péu-chhìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: beu^ˋ qin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: beu³ qin²
    • Sinological IPA: /peu̯³¹ t͡sʰin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piáu-chêng
    • Tâi-lô: piáu-tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piawzeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 表情

1. expression (on one's face)

Synonyms

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• 情態／情态 (qíngtài) (literary)
• 目頭／目头 (Hokkien)
• 神情 (shénqíng)
• 神態／神态 (shéntài)
• 神色 (shénsè)
• 臉相／脸相 (liǎnxiàng)
• 臉色／脸色 (liǎnsè)
• 面昌 (Hokkien)
• 面神 (Hokkien)
• 面色 (miànsè)

 

Verb

表情

1. (literary) to express one's feelings

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
表	情
ひょう Grade: 3	じょう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

表(ひょう)情(じょう) • (hyōjō) 

1. expression (facial, bodily, etc.)
   • 1934, 三好十郎, 斬られの仙太:

     明(あか)るいノンキな表情(ひょうじょう)をしている。

     Akarui nonki na hyōjō o shiteiru.

     She has a cheerful, carefree expression.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
表	情

Noun

表情 • (pyojeong) (hangeul 표정)

1. hanja form^? of 표정 (“expression”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
表	情

Noun

表情

1. chữ Hán form of biểu tình (“demonstration”).

Verb

表情

1. chữ Hán form of biểu tình (“to demonstrate”).